Mile Shangsheng Jing dates back to AD 927 and is the second-earliest surviving printed document found in China. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Three sacred Buddhist texts are now on display in ...

As the world celebrates the 2565th Buddha Jayanti, China is seemingly fighting an intense theological battle over Maitreya Buddha who is yet to descend on earth. The myth of Maitreya is as old as the ...

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Over 500 monks, nuns, Buddhists, and pilgrims attended the Consecration Ceremony of the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, crafted from the world's largest banded agate, at Ba Den Mountain. Under the ...